Violations include trains stopping too close to each other and workers using cell phones when they shouldn't have.
The agency opened six more tracks at 4 a.m. Monday. The agency also noted that the station's ticket office has resumed operations and all regularly scheduled trains are running.
Gov. Chris Christie issued Executive Order No. 210 declaring a State of Emergency and directing the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation and the Executive Director of the NJT to plan an immediate and orderly shutdown of all ongoing work that is funded by the Transportation Trust Fund Account.
Agencies can utilize recovery funds on any validated Sandy-related damage that meets FTA criteria, including repairs to tunnels owned by Amtrak and used by New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad.
The project, known as the Empire Station Complex, will feature increased train capacity, decreased congestion and improved signage. It will be expedited by a public-private partnership to break ground this year and complete substantial construction within the next three years.
Dennis Martin, who has been praised for actions to improve conditions at the Port Authority bus terminal, will take the helm, pending a vote of NJ Transit's board at 1:30 p.m.
The program, which started this summer and is still in the assessment stage, applies to seating at stations in Atlantic City, Hoboken, Newark and Secaucus.
Hakim would become the first woman appointed to head NYCT, which is seen as one of the most challenging jobs in the transportation industry, and among the most prominent.
New inward facing cameras will record personnel operating trains, and according to the NTSB these recordings can prevent accidents by identifying safety issues before they lead to injuries or loss of life.
After a car caught fire inside the Lincoln Tunnel and a train stalled in one of the Hudson River rail tunnels, the delays were the worst since several days of train problems last month drew attention to the rail tunnels’ deteriorating condition.
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